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, Mueller bet 3000. A player in the small blind made the call, which put him all-in. The player showed Q-J for the straight and Mueller mucked his hand, claiming to have had two pair. After this hand, Mueller is down to 1,500 in chips.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Total Entries
3,929
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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, Mueller bet 3000. A player in the small blind made the call, which put him all-in. The player showed Q-J for the straight and Mueller mucked his hand, claiming to have had two pair. After this hand, Mueller is down to 1,500 in chips.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
, Shane Schleger had all his chips in the center, holding 
against the 
of his opponent. The turn was perfect for "Shaniac," coming the 
. The 
on the river missed his opponent's open-ended straight-flush draw and Schleger doubled up to 8,600 chips.
From the button, Chan limps along with five other players, and half the table gets to play on a flop of
. The action is checked around to Chan, who bets 500. The player under the gun decides to get a little frisky, and check-raises the legend up to 1,300. The remaining players duck out, and when the decision comes back to Chan, he pushes all in for 2,000. His opponent makes the call, and the hands are turned up -- Johnny with 
, trying to dodge the open-end straight draw of his opponent holding 
.The last two cards to peel off the deck are
, and Johnny Chan doubles up to around 6,000 total chips.
. His opponent was in bad shape holding 
. The board hit neither player and Chan's opponent hit the rail. After the hand Chan now sits at 11,500 in chips.
Flop:
All players checked to the button, who moved all in for his remaining 2,000. Ivey was the only one who called, and although his opponent held a monster
, Ivey appeared to be all-knowing and showed 
for the nut straight. After the hand, Ivey is up to 14,750.
Jacob: 5-5
Opponent: K-K
The flop hit Alex squarely, coming 9-5-3. When the turn came the
, Jacob was in excellent position to pick up some chips and send a player home in the process. The river dropped the and just like that Jacob's set was second best. His opponent doubled through him and left him with a mere 1,300.
